misbecome

[ mis-bi-kuhm ]

verb (used with object)

, mis·be·came, mis·be·come, mis·be·com·ing.

1. to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.

misbecome

/ ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm /

verb

1. tr to be unbecoming to or unsuitable for

Word History and Origins

Origin of misbecome¹

First recorded in 1520–30; mis- ¹ + become

Example Sentences

His Highness was so generous in not demanding or expecting from the Lord Digby anything that might misbecome him, that the business was concluded that night, in presence of the Queen and the Prince of Wales, much to the satisfaction of all parties.

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"A careless song with a little nonsense in it now and then does not misbecome a monarch."

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O how the cruel cord did misbecome Her comely neck! and yet by Law’s just doom Had been her death.

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Misbecome, mis-be-kum′, v.t. not to suit or befit: to be unfitting.—adj.

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This over-fervent prophet of freedom for the senses as well as the soul would have them free, one may say, only for the soul’s sake: talking as we see he did of redemption from the body and salvation by the spirit at war with it, in words which literally taken would hardly have misbecome a monk of Nitria.

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